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original box becomes crowded, they descend and com- 

 mence their labors in the lower one, having from the 

 beginning, to pass through the lower box, to and from 

 the hive. During the season, the lower one is filled 

 with combs and bees, and if the hives be quite small, 

 perhaps a third may also be filled, which may be 

 placed on the top, or the top one may be raised, when 

 two boxes only are in use, and the third placed in the 

 centre. • 



October arrives, and the two upper hives may be 

 removed, and the bees driven out, which will return to 

 the bottom box, where they are to winter as before 

 stated. The honey in the two supers removed, is the 

 owner's gain. These supers may be removed before 

 October, even as early as the first of August, at which 

 time, the combs will be much whiter, and the honey 

 better. An empty box may then be placed on the first, 

 provided that the bees are crowded, and if any farther 

 harvest may be expected. In the vicinity of New York, 

 the honey-harvest is entirely past at this period, save 

 what little the bees may gather for their daily supply. 



Now we come to the grand " hobby," — the great dis- 

 covery ! The bees are now in a hive with Tiew combs ! — 

 just what is desired, and no trouble at all ! No smoking 

 out ! No driving or whipping out ! The bee-keeper is 

 in extacies ! Presently comes along the great inventor 

 himself — " Mr. (Jenius, why, how do you do ? Let me 

 put your horse in the stable, and you come in and stay 

 with me, to-night. You must come. — ^John, put Mr. 

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